Machine for cutting pegs out of boots and shoes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS OOREY, OF MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING PEGS OUT OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,692, dated May 15, 1866; antedated November 15, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS OOREY, of Marlborough, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Outting Oft' the Ends of Pegs in Boots and Shoes 5 and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The nature of my invention consists in so arranging a rotary cutter for the purpose of cleaning pegs from the inside of boots and shoes that it may be acted upon by suitable mechanism in such a manner as to give it a quick rotary motion while it is inside the boot or shoe, at the same time that the boot or shoe is being moved from heel to toe or toe to heel by the operator.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is an elevation, partly in section, of my improved machine, and Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional and plan views of the rotary eut-ters therein used.

A is the rotary cutter, provided with four or more cutting-edges on its upper surface, as

represented inthe drawings.

The cutter A is fitted into a recess formed in the upper side of the extreme outer end of the hollow arm or horn 7 B, so that only its cutting-edges will project above the metal surrounding it. It also has on its lower side a hub projecting downward and fitting into a hole vprovided as a bearing for it in a metal plate in which the recess is formed to receive the cutter. To the under side of this hub is attached a smallbevel-wheel, a, which is acted upon by the bevel-pinion b on the upper end of the shaft c. Said shaft has its upper bearing in the boss el, riveted by a shank to the casing or horn B. The lower end of the shaft c is coupled to the larger shaft C, having its bearings in the main frame of the machine D, and receiving its motion from the main driving-shaft E by means of the bevel-wheel e and pinion f. The shaft O also carries the bevelwheel g, which, gearing with bevel-wheel fh, carries the vertical shaft F, on the top of which is keyed another cutter to be used for cutting the pegs around the heel of the boot or shoe.

The operation of my machine is as follows: Power being applied to the pulley7 or wheel H by means'of a belt or otherwise, as may be convenient, the cutter will rotate rapidly. The boot or shoe to be cleaned is drawn over the horn B in` such a manner as to insert the horn inside of the boot or shoe with the face of the cutter bearing on the inner sole andthe side of the casing surrounding the cutter pressed against the upper leather so as to bring the pegs directly over the cutter. Then, with aslight pressure uponthe boot, itis moved from shank to toe and from toe toshank, effectually removing the pegs from that portion of the boot. The boot is then removed from the horn B and placed upon the arm or horn of cutters, in combination with suitable mechanism for impartin rotary movement thereto, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with cutters and machinery for imparting rotary movement thereto, the frame provided with vertical and oblique arms or horns, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. So constructing the arms or horns of the frame as to inclose and surround the cutters an d mechanism rotating the same, leaving only the cutting-edges of the former to project, as shown and described.

4. The arrangement of the rotary cutters in relation to their respective driving machinery and horns or arms, so that they shall revolve on vertical axes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification before two subscribing witnesses.

rHoMAs conEY.

Witnesses E. HErDENRElcH, E. W. BRIGHAM. 

